Bill Title: Expanding reasons for excused absences from school to include mental or behavioral health

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-4)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-29 - Accompanied a new draft, see H4576 [H467 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Carol Doherty [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-03-BRI	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative James Hawkins [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-02-BRI	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Ryan Hamilton [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-15-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative James Arena-DeRosa [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-08-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Joan Meschino [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-03-PLY	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Patrick O'Connor [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-01-NOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Rebecca Rausch [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-NORFOL	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Lindsay Sabadosa [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-01-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Paul McMurtry [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-11-NOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Simon Cataldo [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-14-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Shirley Arriaga [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-08-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Adrianne Ramos [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-14-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Ryan Fattman [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-WORCES	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Bruce Tarr [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-01-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jennifer Balinsky Armini [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-08-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Adam Scanlon [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-14-BRI	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Salvatore DiDomenico [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MIDDLE	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Danillo Sena [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-37-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Hannah Kane [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-11-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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